i2 opts for Mercury solution

i2 Technologies, a provider of intelligent e-business solutions, has selected Mercury Interactive`s testing solutions, TestDirector, WinRunner and LoadRunner, to ensure the scalability and performance of its intelligent e-business solutions.

Mercury Interactive is a provider of software testing and Web performance management solutions.

i2 will use Mercury Interactive`s LoadRunner to predict system behaviour and performance of e-marketplaces under the stress of a heavy user load.

LoadRunner can emulate thousands of users to identify and isolate system problems. i2 will employ WinRunner, a functional testing tool, to verify that e-marketplace services work as expected. WinRunner identifies defects and ensures that business processes, which can span across multiple applications and databases, bring about the expected results. i2 will also organise and manage the entire testing process with Mercury Interactive`s TestDirector, a test management tool which enables coordination of the testing effort, from planning through execution, says Graeme Allcock, sales manager of Mercury Interactive in South Africa.

"Thorough testing is paramount to the successful deployment and maintenance of today`s multi-application e-business systems, where performance and reliability are top priority for users," says Allcock. "i2 will benefit from the ability to test its solutions by combining Mercury Interactive tools with its existing QA processes."